https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/trump-taiwan-china-ukraine-arms-sales-b2981871.html>Trump has suspended weapons sales to Taiwan in a move that again shows he favours potential enemies over alliesWe can not stop winning?
>>1516512You should paste the article now.
>>1516512Wait, but I thought the withdrawal from Ukraine and Europe was to focus more on the Asia-Pacific. What's the excuse this time magaboys? Surely it can't be that Trump is an incompetent buffoon who's dismantling the American Empire for personal gain and to feed his narcissism?
An unreliable ally in the West, Donald Trump is now signalling that the US is happy to abandon its friends in Asia with the suspension of a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan after his visit to China’s leader Xi Jinping.The US president is taking on his country’s policy of “strategic ambiguity” over the delicate standing of Taiwan, which China claims as its own, by tilting towards Beijing."Right now we're doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for Epic Fury – which we have plenty," US Navy secretary Hung Cao said in a Senate hearing on Thursday."We're just making sure we have everything, but then the foreign military sales will continue when the administration deems necessary," he added, referring to the US-Israeli war against Iran, which has absorbed vast stockpiles of American munitions and achieved none of its stated aims.Donald Trump takes part in a welcome ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing3Donald Trump takes part in a welcome ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (AFP/Getty)Trump had intense talks with Xi about Taiwan when he visited the Chinese leader on his first trip to China since
2017.Following a pattern that he has established in his behaviour following meetings with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, he appears to have taken the side of a rival power that is also an enemy of the US’s longstanding allies.Speaking to Fox News after his two-day visit to Beijing, Trump suggested that enabling the defence of Taiwan and defending its democracy was no longer a priority.“I will say this: I'm not looking to have somebody go independent. And, you know, we're supposed to travel 9,500 miles to fight a war. I'm not looking for that. I want them to cool down. I want China to cool down," he said.In Asia and Australasia, this attitude has caused quiet consternation, with Washington’s traditional friends seeking backroom reassurances from the Trump administration that he is not shifting away from the US’s well-established defence commitments.There is fear he may abandon long-held strategic policies in the same way that he has ditched the principles that hold Nato together as a defensive alliance on the other side of the world.
China covets Taiwan. It also lays claim to the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands. It is building man-made islands to expand its claims to territorial waters in the South China Sea and has a highly effective long-term strategy to expand its imperial reach across the world through trade, exploitation of minerals and control of transport nodes, from Mozambique to Macau.Past US administrations have said that they were shifting their priorities to Asia and the wider Pacific to offset and contain Chinese ambitions.Taiwan had agreed to buy Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 interceptor missiles and Nasm anti-aircraft weapons from the US. The agreed sales were in response to increased Chinese military activity, which included navy and jet fighter incursions close to Taiwan over the last two years.Regional powers will be looking at Trump’s threats to invade Greenland, part of the Nato member Denmark, his threats towards Canada, another Nato member, and his support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by stopping all military aid to Kyiv.They will rightly worry they are next to be abandoned to Trump’s strategic desire to carve the world into spheres of influence – in which the US dominates the western hemisphere, Russia presides over central Europe and part of Asia and China is left to bestride the rest.But in apparently bending the knee to Xi, Trump is also revealing a new level of strategic weakness.
The US, alongside Israel, has failed to successfully project its military power on Iran, which has survived an aerial onslaught.Tehran has closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping in response to the US’s bombardment. Up to 85 per cent of Asia’s crude oil is exported through this choke point, and Trump has been blamed for the economic fallout from his Middle East military adventure.Military failure has reinforced the understanding, already now part of Europe’s strategic plans, that Trump’s American military power is further inhibited by his inability to do joined-up thinking.
At some point we have to start negotiating with the enemy instead of a bottomless pit of war aid (90% never goes to fighting). Only ESL troon jeets disagree
>>1516546That's why I dislike the whole "Trump is a Russian asset" or "Israel blackmails Trump with dirt they have on him" and other shit in that vein. No, I think it's much more concerning that a man got elected into power, who'll just do whatever makes him feel good on a whim and base foreign policy on whether he personally likes a particular leader or not.
>>1516512Hold up. We’re retreating from that part of the world AND selling China more missiles? What is our long term plan here?
>>1516543We stop supporting Ukraine to benefit Russia We stop supporting Taiwan to benefit China We stop supporting Democratic Afghanistan to support Taliban We stop supporting Is- OH NO NO NO WE MUST NOT HELP IRAN WE MUST SUPPORT ISRAEL.
>>1516558>long term plangood one
>>1516551He's still clearly a russian puppet
>>1516566No, sorry, that's just wishful thinking.Unless by "puppet" you mean he's just easy to influence, in which case sure, but I don't think that's what the term means
WW2 Axis powers:Germany, Japan, Italy WW2 allied powers USA, GB, Russia, 2026 Axis powers:USA, cyhYYna, Russia2026 Allied powers: Europe, GB, Japan
>>1516558becoming west china
>>1516551He’s making money through corruption and the Epstein files are being covered-up. The support for Israel is most likely simply because of his political donors. The lack of opposition towards Russia is probably because he doesn’t care about Ukraine falling or rather he doesn’t understand why that’s important for the NATO allies and he clearly doesn’t understand what NATO is or how it works.
>>1516566Russia prefer him as President, there’s no proof he’s a puppet though.
>>1516595Yes there is. Lots of it.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_meeting
>>1516601>>1516566Then the Kremlin must be furious at what a shit puppet they have. Russia is struggling with Trump's unpredictability and erratic behavior in much of the same ways as western allies are struggling.Sure Russia benefits from Trump being in charge and has ways to influence him that they don't with other presidents, but I don't think Russia was happy about the decapitation of the Iranian regime or the abduction of Maduro, nor do they like the fact that Europe is, however slowly, starting to rearm instead of relying on the US for security.Also the US is trying to expand their influence in the Caucasus under Trump, not really something Russia is cool with either.>>1516594For sure, everything you've said it's correct. I just think it's also important to keep in mind that a lot of this comes down to Trump's narcissistic personality and him in some ways basically being a child. That's why Putin and Netanjahu can manipulate him easily by telling him how great he is and so on
>>1516601That’s not proof that he’s a puppet. At most the Russians offered him some dirt on Hillary and we don’t know what that is and the investigation declared they didn’t accept it. In a normal country that meeting and the fact they lied about it would be enough for if not his legitimacy certainly his integrity to be under question and he would have been disgraced over it. In the greater scheme of Trump it’s barely even salacious.
>>1516662the entire hunter biden saga was kgb spun bullshit and trump's admin is currently trying to free the russian agent who was imprisoned for lying about it
>>1516512this will unironically make Taiwan stronger. As with Nixon before him, everything he touches turns to shit and goes ass-backwards.
>>1516668Trump's former director of national intelligence is a proven Russian puppet. Tulsi Gabbard was as bad as it gets.
>>1516673>Gabbard >who got the highest possible security clearance >is a russian asset Do you read the shit you write?
>>1516668How was it proven?As far as I understood it, the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN all eventually acknowledge the Hunter Biden Laptop was real
>>1516595>>1516613>>1516570Interesting how the russian shills are freaking out
https://i.postimg.cc/PxzpVwSj/iran-deal-05-23-26.pngTrump has TACOd again
>>1516561>We stop supporting Democratic Afghanistan to support Taliban>DemocraticLMAO
>>1516681WOOOW, so it just just more war profiteering, surely the fascist republicans will reign it in this time.Oh wait, they're the ones doing it.
>>1516512This man is so unbelievably easy to manipulate that I bet Jinping didn't even need to bribe him.
>>1516680I feel genuinely sorry for you if you're so far gone that you think any of what I said is making me a Russian shill.Russia benefits greatly from Trump dismantling the US Empire and accelerating crises all over the Western world, but that doesn't mean it's part of some 4D chess masterplan of theirs
>>1516680There’s plenty of actual stuff to criticise and accuse Trump of. Calling him out on things he probably isn’t only makes it easier for him to claim there’s a witch hunt.
>>1516704>Calling him out on things he probably isn't.Cool. So I won't call him sane, or smart, or kind, well adjusted, generous or loyal, responsible, disciplined, or straight.Calling the most blackmailable pants-shitting pedofascist in the world a Russian asset isn't the stretch you're trying to sell it as shill.
>>1516699> do nothing> winThe Chinese have incredible powers, even insulating Trump to his face only endeared them to him
>>1516725He’s way more likely to be an Israeli asset and it’s unlikely he’d be both
>>1516704>>1516703>Russian shills really desperate to hid that trump is a russian puppet today.
>>1516749You need to move on.We aren't calling people Russian Bots anymore, we are calling them Israeli Agents nowTrump's not a Russian Asset he's an Israeli asset.
